...they at once took steps to form a new Union. On February 4, 1861, delegates from the seven seceding States met at Montgomery, Alabama, and drew up a constitution for the government of the new republic, which was to be known as the "Confederate States of America." In this...

...Democrats, who, though not in favor of the extension of slavery to the Territories, yet believed that the inhabitants of each Territory, and they alone, had...of Mississippi, for their President, and Alexander EL Stephens, of Georgia, for Vice-President. The whole country was now anxious. Many plans were proposed...

...they at once took steps to form a new Union. On February 4, 1861, delegates from the seven seceding States met at Montgomery, Alabama, and drew up a constitution for the government of a new republic which was to be known as the Confederate States of America. The constitution...

...property, including the mint at New Orleans, was seized. In February, 1 86 1, a convention of seven States met at Montgomery, Alabama, and drew up a constitution for the Confederate States of America, and in March the new government, to which North Carolina and Texas adhered,...

...followed, and secession was under way in Texas. In February representatives of six states of the Deep South met at Montgomery, Alabama, and drew up a constitution for the new Confederate States of America. As the Southern states seceded, they seized federal arsenals and forts...

...property, including the mint at New Orleans, was seized. In February, 1 86 1, a convention of seven States met at Montgomery, Alabama, and drew up a constitution for the Confederate States of America, and in March the new government, to which North Carolina and Texas adhered,...